31.   In the Ashkelon explosion, a woman soldier and the assailant were killed.

32.   Later, women soldiers and the women settlers they were leading down the hill cried together.

33.   Later, women soldiers and the women settlers they were leading away cried together.

34.   Kim also visited women soldiers of an antiaircraft gun battery and commended their dedication to the country, the KCNA said.

35.   Later, women soldiers and women settlers they led away cried together as emotions ran high over the confrontation that pitted Israelis against Israelis.

36.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has opposed change, warning that women combat soldiers could be mistreated if they fell into enemy hands.

37.   Seven air force troops were killed, including a woman air force soldier.

38.   The army reprimanded Col. Gershon Hacohen and he retracted his comments, but critics said they reflected a widespread feeling in the army that women soldiers are unnecessary.

39.   The army reprimanded Col. Gershon Hacohen and he apologized, but critics said the statements reflected the widespread unspoken feeling in the army that women soldiers are superfluous.

40.   The female bomber has prompted talk in the Israeli media that women soldiers be deployed at checkpoints and roadblocks to screen Palestinian women.